More than 4,000 firefighters who are battling the Chimney Fire continue to make progress in that fire fight.

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It resulted in some evacuation orders being lifted and state park officials announcing that Hearst Castle is no longer threatened by the blaze.

"It's working more with us and the guys working with the weather and the terrain and the topography to get this taken care of," said firefighter Christian Linneman.

As of Friday evening, the fire was 47 percent contained and firefighters were able to work with lower temperatures and higher humidity to get more containment line around the fire.

"With all these extra lines, this gives us different vantage points to attack the fire and keep that fire in check and as small as possible," Linneman said.

Firefighters were able to slow the spread of the fire overnight, and as a result, evacuation orders were lifted for some communities north of Lake Nacimiento, while evacuation warnings were lifted for some areas south of the lake.

But evacuation orders are still in place for the Bryson-Hesperia area, where the fire continues to pose a threat.

"It's the most remote area that we have on this fire so access is very difficult to get to equipment in and out and personnel in and out," said Linneman.

The Chimney Fire continued it's northern push deeper into Monterey County and Fort Hunter-Liggett. As of Friday, the fire was burning roughly 12 miles from the fort's headquarters.

"At this point, (the fire) really hasn't had that much effect on the operations of the fort. It's barely on the southern boundaries of the fort," said Fort Hunter-Liggett spokesman Eric Jones.

The fire has now scorched more than 45,000 acres and destroyed 70 homes and structures. Cal Fire still expects to have full containment of the fire by Labor Day. State park officials gave no date on when they plan to re-open Hearst Castle to tourists.